COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION and
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT

ANNOUNCES AN OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE
on
DCPS School Modernizations

on
Monday, November 2, 2015
11:00 a.m., Hearing Room 412, John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

Councilmember David Grosso, chairperson of the Committee on Education, and Councilmember Mary Cheh, chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment announces the scheduling of a joint public oversight roundtable on DC Public Schools (DCPS) school modernizations. The hearing will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 2, 2015 in Hearing Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building.

The purpose of this roundtable is to receive an update on the new practices and procedures being used by DCPS and the Department of General Services (DGS) with regard to school modernizations. Further, this will be an opportunity for DCPS and DGS to update the Council and the public on capital projects from summer 2015, ongoing projects, and projects slated for 2016.

Those who wish to testify are asked to telephone the Committee on Education, at (202) 724-8061, or email Jessica Giles, Committee Assistant, at jgiles@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business Thursday, October 29. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony. Witnesses appearing on his or her own behalf should limit their testimony to three minutes; witnesses representing organizations should limit their testimony to five minutes.

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Education, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 116 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on November 16, 2015.

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